maryland and you want to talk on the phone you need a hands-free device or face a fine. a new law is in effect that could save lives. be prepared for metro delays. getting around the area could be slow going. good morningnd welcome to "news4 today." kimberly is off today. it is saturday, october 2, 2010. the news is just ahead. first a quick check of our forecast. chuck bell is here. already into october. >> october 2nd. a complete change of weather around here. we had dew points in the mid-70s on thursday afternoon and by yesterday the 1st of octor it felt different. today nice and crisp outside. a beautiful view under downtown washington under a clear ky. temperatures have been tumbling. we'r in the mid-50s in town. upper 50s by the bay.

evy suburb mid to high 40s. 46 in manassas. near 70 for a high today. the blue devils are in town to take on the terrapins. great weather for college football tonight. new today d.c. police are investigating an overnight murder. officers tell us they found a man dead near the intersection of 54th and dick be streets in northeast. police say this happened after :30 this morning. so far word if detectives have a motive or suspect in custody. starting this month it's illegal to hold yourcell phone up to your ear with while driving in maryland. one family hopes the new law will save another family from

the pain they've gone throug darcy spencer has their stoesh from landover. >> i had angels with me. >> reporter: last may rhonda was critically injured her husband of 30 years was killed when police say a teenage driver struck their classic car on 3r0u9 1 in bowie. police say the teen ran a stopped sign and was likely texting on her cell phone snoop you don't realize how quickly in a matter of seconds your whole life and a lo of othereoples lives cabe affected by a car accident. he was 52. >> reporter: a ban on talking on your cell phone while driving became law in maryland today. motorists caught not using a hands-free device could face a $40 fine. it's a fast paced world. everybody hathem. you got to pay attention. >> reporter: rhonda said it's a miracle she survived in the crash. she was in the hospital for five weeks and endured 11 surgeries. >> i sure would not want another

family to go through what we've gone through. if ts law does that then it's a success. >> reporter: the couple was on their way to a car show when the accident happened. rhonda is to discussion on healing but hopes this new law brings awareness that cell phones can be deadly distractions behind the wheel. >> we want to move on and not dwell on things and start living again. so we're ging to do the best we can. >> reporter: darcy spencer, "news4 today." police in fairfax county are on the look out r a burglar that has been breaking into homes at a prolific read. the crime spree has been all over the county and the suspect has been stealing everything he can get his hads on. according to police almost all the homes the suspect are targeting, lar, very few exterior lights. he's taking advantage of people leaving a patio door unlocked or

garage door open. some county residents are taking extra precautions while police say their advice is simple,ock up at night. >> at my wife's urging i changed the timing settings. >> pleas lock your doors and windows of your homes and this would include your garage doors. make sure you have your doors and windows locked before you go to bed. >> turn that alarm on if you have one. to add the problem the burglar has stolen two guns and they urge homeowners not confront him. maryland police are investigating an incident at an annapolis high school where a female student said she was sexual assaulted by a fellow classmate on school grounds. police were called yesterday at about 12:30. they said she knows the boy who assaulted her but no arrests have been made. big news from the largest

bank in america. bank of america is halting foreclosures in 23 states. they will stop foreclosing on homes becaus they acknowledged they rushed foreclosure. federal regators have contacted five other banks and ask them to check their foreclosures. president obama looking for a permanent replacement to be his chief of stuff. yesterday rahm emanuel resigned from that position so he can run for mayor for chicago. >> mr. president, i thought i was tough but as someone who saw firsthand how close our nation me to the brink and what you had to do to put america back on track i want to thank you for being the toughest leader any country could ask for in t toughest times any president has ever faced.

>> the president's top senate staffer pete rouse will serve as chief of staff. elena kagan took her oath for the supreme court. the new term begins on monday. six months of dui arrests in the district are in jeopardy because of inaccurate machines. a lawyer said the chief toxicologist didn't approve those device until last month. all those charged with dui could see those charges dropped. pat collins has the story. all the people that pled guilty or were found guilty of dwi based these scores were wrgfully convicted every single one of them since march of this yea

>> reporter: this is an experienced defense lawyer, a specialist in dwi cases. he says hundreds of recent dwi arrests made by d.c. police are flawed because of procedural errors. >> what's shock they allowed forms that were clearly false to be signed, to be submitted as evidence when they knew that it wasn't true. >> reporter: last march d.c. police began using a device called an intoximeter to determine the blood alcohol level of drivers suspected of dwi. when the cases were taken to superior court thedwi numbers were accompanied b this paragraph, it says i certify that the samples analyzed above were taken according to guidelines set forth by the district of columbia toxicologist, the equipment approv was approved by the

chief toxicologist. that's the way these cases were brought to court. last march, april, may, june, july and august. the problem is the chief toxicolost didn't approve this equipment until september. peter nichols the attorney general for the strict says the dwi casesfor the last six months will be reviewed. some charges may be dropped. some may be reduced. he promised to be fair and accurate. d.c. police say their machines are accurate. it's the procedure that was the problem. >> there's absolutely no issues with the integrity through reliability or accuracy of the instruments. >> the problem is? >> protocol. >> reporter: some history. from march 2008 until march 2010 police had calibration problems

with the intoxily zempb r the equipment they used then f dwi arrests. since then 300 dwi convictions are in question. >> heads up if you plan to use the metro this week. expect delays and not just on one line. metro is doing track work and repairing platforms too. expect half hour dela on green and yellow lines and the red line between shady grove and twin brook. add about 20 minutes to your friendship you're traveling wean the new york avenue and rhode island stations. all these stations should be back to their normal schedules by monday morning. metro is opened an hour early to accommodate thousands at the national mall for the one nation rally. expect crowded trains between staid-armory and pentagon. ramy organizers paid metro for

the early opening and for an extra train to cut down on wait times. time now is 6:10. 56 degrees outside. a lot of people still cleaning up after this week's flash flooding. plus after the death of a popular lacrosse player a new push to break the silence on domestic violence on campuses. what one d.c. university is [ male announcer ] you can't un-smoke a cigarette.

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u.s. officials have apologized for conducting medical experiments that exposed guatemala prisoners to sexually transmitted diseases. u.s. scientists secretly injected 700 people with the germs that cause syphllis a gonorrhea. the experiments were designed to study the effects of sexually transmitted diseases. arlington health officials said a person had measles and there's a risk you could be kpoe. the infected person was on terminal c back on thursday september 23rd from 8:45 in the morning until 12:30 in the afternoon. measles is highly contagious. early symptoms include a high fever,unny nose, watery eyes

and rash. call the arlington public health department at 703-228-2358. it's been almost five months since the murder of university of virginia lacrosse player yeardley love. her death is being used to educate students about domestic violence. they are kicking off domestic violence month by urging stunts to speak up. >> reporter: the death of yeardley love shook up university of virginia's campus back in may. even more shocking to uva students that her former boyfriend was charged with her murder. allegations also surfaced that there were previous incidents of domestic abuse that went unreported. many wonder if someone had spoken up about the red flags of use, love would still be alive

today? the red flag campaign which has spread to over 100 college campuses across the country hopes toring awareness to the problem and prevent t tragedy from happening again. >> what's this for? >> reporter: to kick off domestic violence awareness month students at howard university spoke out about the importance ever ending the abuse. >> we can change t lives of some of the students. >> reporter: these red flags have to serve as more than just a wake up call. it's one thing for studes to know domestic abuse exists it's another to speak up and save a friend. >> what we're understanding now is tt women in the age range of 16 to 34, women are being impacted by domestic violence. >> reporter: this senior says he knows friends who are part of that statistic. >> how far said anything to the authorities or anyone about it? >> no. i probably should have.

to me seems like an issue that person needs to solve themselves. >> reporter: they hope to get the message out that domeic abuse will only comeo an end if people have the courage to report it. flooding from our most recent round of rain is having lasting effects in some areas. one problem right now is in maryland st. mary's county. the smell of diesel fuel. people in a nearby mobile home parked escaped rising waters in the middle of the night. you can see extensive flooding from the morning after. the community is back with a major cleanup project because of the storm. >> water was up above that. it's been going down. probably two feet. >> you see any damage or just got to let it dry out? >> well, i hope it didn't dony

damage. >> st. mary's county cancelled classes yesterday because of the flooding. the high standing water made it impossib for buss to make their round. all activities at the school will go on as planned this weekend and school will be back in session on monday. i know there's a little rain in the forecast. >> a little bit of rain. but we've been focused on our sunny saturday. showers may be here before the weekend is through. i'll give you all the details coming up in just a few more minutes.

yep. time to dust off the scare crow and witch hats. october just started but a lot of people have the end of the nth on their minds. halloween can be big business this year especially after scary sales last year because of the economy. the national retail federation expects the erage person to spend about $66 on candy, costumes and decoration. that's 18% more than lt year. consumer experts predict the most popular costumes will include buzz light year, harry potter characters and lady gaga. >> that's painng with a broad brush. >> whatever you want to do. >> high heels, glitter and some sort of crazy wig and call yourself lady gaga. not you personally. >> i try to avoid the high els. >> you're going to be scare crow. >> i hear it's big around here. >> it is. it's a great holiday. a lot of fun. we have to wait and see if the weather will cooperate.

we're worried about two or three days from now. the end of month is forever. in the mean time our weekend is here after a rain drenched work week. thursday that was the rainiest day we had in washington in 4 1/2 years. not since june o 2006 have we seen rain in a sing many day quite like that. this morning the skies are clear. ok at that beautiful picture outside. that's exactly the kd of day that your saturday will look like. clear skies. pretty much start to finish today. off to a delightfully cool start this morng as wel down into the mid-50s around town. every suburb is in the 40s. the dew point in the mid-40s. in town, urban heat and influence of the potomac and bay is keeping our temperatures in town in the mid-50s. you get away from the water and town most everybody down in the 40s this morning. 45 in frederick, maryland, 47 as

dulles airport, 47 at manassas, 47 up in the panhandle of west virginia. off to a beautifulstart. going to be a nice day today. today will be far and away the nicest date weekend. tomorrow the clouds start to come in. there goes that areaof rain that we saw thursday, thursday night early friday that's long gone for now so we have sunshine to get your weekend started. little ripple of lowressure coming our way from the ohio valley. bringing in high clouds during the overnight hours tonight. that area of low pressure will be fading away as larger area of low pressure coming up the eastern seaboard will steal that energy and a little bit of that moisture and give us a pretty good chance for rain. by 6:00 tomorrow evening cloudy skies may be yielding to a little bit of light rain about the timehe sun goes down and showy weather on monday and tuesday with a strong northeasterly wind. another inch of rain in the monday to tuesday time fram another good soaking coming our way to finish the weekend and

get early next week started. that means you need to enjoy today. mostly sunny. near perfect for outdoor activities. light breeze out of the north 5 to 10. high 60s to 70 today. tomorrow clouds on the increase. overcast by mid to late afternoon. chance of light rain as the sun goes down tomorrow. most of your sunday will be drive. that's not thease f late sunday night and monday and tuesday look like a pretty rainy stretch. clouds should linger through much of the day on wednesday befo drier, better weather returns. the hokies are down in raleigh taking on north carolina state. 73 degrees for that game. that's a tough game for virginia tech this year. new brunswick state is real. tae air force academy. great game. kickoff 2:30. >> they can hanle it.

>> that will be a tough win. >> says you. >> i'm pulling for texas. the nationals took on the new york mets on the diamond. they went no an extra inning but wasn't enoughor a big win. dan hellie has that and more in sports. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, spouts nute begins with the nationals up in new york las night for their final series of the season. they need two wins to get to 70 for the first time since 2007. michael moore is doing his part tied up the game in the top of the seventh but in the bottom of the 10th, josh higt a walkoff home run to right field. the mets beat the nats 2-1. to hockey caps trying stay perfect in the pre-season. eric had a pretty nice game. ovechkin getting feisty. just the pre-season take it easy. capitals beat the blue jackets

5-3. braddock, the quarterback trying remain undefeated. nebrich scored the bruins only touchdown on this sweet 40 beyond a reasonable doubt touch down run. but there was a field goal that barely squeak across the cross bar. 10-7. that's your "sports minute." i'm dan hellie. everybody have areat weekend. this reminder for you, you can watch the ryder cup right here on nbc 4, the u.s. and eupean teams are back on the course in new sportsouth wales. coverage begins at 8:00 this morning. no today as a result of that. your time now is 6:26. 55 degrees. thieves targeting a popular fairfax be neighborhood or several of them. what you need to know to keep

your home safe. plus new clues in a deadly apartment building in d. why firefighters think it was intentionally set. my dad is the supervisor of a train station and my mom's a teacher. my dad's an auto technician. my mom's a receptionist. i'm not sure i would have been able to afford college without the tuition freeze. while tuition in other states is rising out of reach... governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on. martin o'malley... moving maryland forward.

new today one man dead in southeast d.c., more on what we've learned overnight. expect delays on metro. we'll show you what's happening and why metro is opening an hour eaier. good morning and welcome back to four. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly has the morning off. it's saturday, october 2, 2010. the news is just ahead.

first a look at our forecast this morning, meteorologist chuck bell is keepg an eye on the calendar and the weather. >> that's right. i'm notwithstandinging this whole situation from here at the desk. a nice cool start outside. beautiful weath. feels like october again after a crazy september with a 99 degree day a week ago and 4 1/2 inches of rain on thursday. we're ready to say good-bye to september and hello to october. we can't take it any more we're leaving th joint going somewhere else. shame on tm. they left just in the anybody of time. beautiful weather today. temperatures in the 40s in the suburbs. nice crisp cool october start. 47 in fairfax this morning. 57 in annapolis. 55 down in st. mary's county where they are still wringing out from all the rain. 13 inches of rainn st. mary's county this week. unbelievable. our forecast for today everybody gets to enjoy that great october sunshine. highs up near 70 degrees. the seminoles of florida playing

the cavaliers at the university of virginia. kickoff is at noon. 66 degrees at kickoff time. northwest winds. take heart, i was at the oklahoma-florida state game. more college forecast. e-mail your team request who is playing, where they are playing. we'll get on as many forecasts as we can. new today d.c. police are investigating anvernight murder. officers tell us they found a man dead near the intersection of 54th and dick streets. this happened just after 12:30 this morning. detectives didn't say what may have led to the shooting or if they have anyone in custody. you can no longer hold your cell phone and tk while driving on the road in maryland. the state's cell phone ban started yesterday. drivers can still use a hand-held cell phone at a

stoplight, though. once your car starts moving you need to use a hands-free device or hangup. maryland cell phone ban is a secondary offense which means police can only write a ticket for that if you've been pulled over for some other offense. first time you're caught is a $40 fine. then $100 for repeat offenders. also maryland added tougher penalties foronvicted sex offenders including a mandatory 15 year sentence for the most serious offenders. certain crimes make gang members eligible for stronger penalties. maryland also has new fines for people who make false help claims. the state estimates this law can help recover $20 million in medicaid. police in fairfax county are looking for a burglar who has broken into a staggering 87 homes in the past two months. the crime spree has been all over the county. the suspect has taken anything key get his hands on.

jackie bensen has the story. >> reporter: almost all of the homesargeted by the prolific bular have one thing in common. they sit on fairly large suburban lots. matt decided to increase exterior lighting near his home after learning four houses in his fairfax neighborhood were hit last night including one on his street. >> at my wife's urging i changed the timer setting on the gate lights so we have the entire night covered. >> reporter: fairfax county police say increasing home security is a good idea. given the fact that the bularies seem to be crim of opportunity committed in the overnight hours. the suspect is most likely driving around. he sees open garage door or finds an unlocked sliding door and in seconds is in and out with a purse or wallet that was left in plain sight on the kitchen counter >> please lock your doors and windows of your home and that

includes your garage doors. have your doors and winws locked before you go to bed. >> reporter: a map created by investigators shows the tally of crimes committed by the same suspect is mind-boggling. >> we put a significant number of resoues into this investigation, and i would not want to divulge what those resources are. obviously to help us with our efforts to apprehend the suspect. but i want to assure residents we're definitely patrolling the area and we're out there. >> reporter: jackie bensen, "news4 today." a fire that killed one person in northwest d.c. earlier this week may have been intentnally set. the blaze broke out early wednesday morning on the busy 16th street corridor in p columbia heights. one man died after jumping from his sixth floor apartment. officials say they are talking to several people of interest. >> we began to eliminate every single accidental cause and that will lead us to one area. we're not quiteeady to make

that jump yet but speculation would say most likely it's going to be some type of set fire. >> investigators say a mattress on the fifth floor may have been the source of thefire. tens of thousands of americans who were close to losing their homes remember getting unexpected good news this morning. three of the biggest mortgage lenders in the country have stopped evicktions and sales involving foreclosures. they admitted that thousands of documents may have been improperly processed. peter alexander has more now from los angeles. looks like we're having some trouble that tape. right now we'll move on. six months worth of dui arrests in the district are in jeopardy because of inaccurate machines. d.c. police used a device known as the intometer. that device has been used since march. but a lawyer says the district's

chief toxicologist didn't approve the device for use until just last month. >> all the people that pled guiltyr were found guilty of dwi based on these scores were wrongfully convicted every single one of them since march of this year. despite the error police say the results from the tests have been accurate. we'll get back to the story on the changes in what banks are doing about foreclosures. here's peter alexander. >> reporter: new evidence the nation'soreclosure crisis is far from finished. thousands of people, some from as far away as arkansas and orida look for free help in a last ditch effort to hold on to their homes. among them, this person. >> what's your situation? >> situation is i'm on ain't only loan that's killing me.

>> i don't want to end up on street. >> reporter: one i seven borrowers are behind their are mortgage. bank of america joined jpmorgan chase and gmac in suspendeding foreclosure evicktions across 23 states. the move is raising questions whether banks were cutting coers. one employee acknowledged she approved 8,000 foreclosures a month. in a sworn deposition a gmac employee admitted signing off on 10,000 case as month. critics refer to that process is robosigning where it's impossible for any one person to review so many documents. this attorney said his client is among those who lost his home. >> i feel the time isow to stop this. >> reporter: all three lenders say they are reviewing their procedures. both gmac and chase say none.

processing error resulted in many proper foreclosures. experts say this new confusion will only make things more difficult in an already stressed real estate market. >> we have a gut of foreclosures right now that need to be processed and gotten out on the market and resold to borrowers who can afford them. if you delay it you put the pain further down the road. >> that was peter alexander reporting. you may need to add some extra time your commute if you're using metro. work crews will be doing track work and platform repairs. expect half hour delays on the yellow and green lines between mount vernon square and u street and shady line. on the red line add 20 minutes if you're traveling between new york avenue and rhode island avenue station. all should be back to normal schedules by monday morning. > if you're looking for a way to get some exercise and hope it a great cause, lace up your

running shoeand head down to the freedom plaza for the 24th annual aids walk. thek run startst 9:00 a.m. lynda carter is the grand marshall and craig melvin is emceeing the event. you can stl sign up. head down to freedom plaza. time now is 6:38. 55 degrees outside this morning. how can you paddle dragon boats right now? we'll show you where you can enjoy the free activity with your kids. plus it's offial there's a new mega airline in the air. we'll show you what that means. .

two of the country's bigger airlines has finished their merger to create the world's largest airline. united and ctinental finished the paper work yesterday. they are trading under the ual symbol. travellers won't notice any difference. many areas around the washington region are still drying out from flooding. eck out what people in annapolis had to deal with. thursday's torrential rains left many major roads closed. authorities lift evacuation odds for homes that were sitting near the dam. high water created problems for drivers in northern virginia. parts of sbroinls road in vienna had a foot-and-a-half of standing water yesterday morning. at one point the height of the rain was impassable. once the water receded authorities opened the road so

traffic could get biogen. back in maryland officials in anne arundel believe the wet weather caused this large sinkhole. a 48 inch storm drain collapsed yesterday and took out a chunk of this road. it was one of at least three sink heseported in the area. 6:42 right now. 55 degrees. a little cool out there this morning but a great day to head outside. chuck bell is back with a look at your full forecast when "news4 today" continues. hey ove, i gonna need a bank. any ideas?

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what's in your wallet? trying to shake off the embarrassing first-round loss in last year's playoff and specia day is cming up. >> reporter: this week on kids post a special date, something on skates and a boat that kids can decorate. joining us once again is tracy grant from "the washington post" kids post. let's begin with the great activity that will keep yo kidses about through november. dragon boat. >> dragon boats is a wonderful kids 12 and older to get out on the water. the dragon comes from fact that they get deco rated in the style of chinese dragons for races. so this is a wonderful team building opportunity, practices that ki can try for free on sunday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 on m street.

we wri about this in tueay's gift post. >> sounds like a lot of fun. another sport that is starting soon the caps season begins. >> rock the red. you just got to love the caps. but in thursday's kids post fred bowewill write about how the cap season ended last year and the disappointment. and how kids, what kids can learn abt bouncing back from a disappointment which is what we expect the caps to do this season, right? >> absolutely. we're all optimistic they will have another great season. a week from today it will be 10-10-10. how cools that? >> well, you know, turning 10 is huge it's double digits for kids. but we got together a group of kids whose birthday is october 10, 2000. so they turn 10 on 10-10-10.

we talk about some things that didn't even exist ten years ago. facebook. the wii. pretty much anything that began with i. iphone, ipad. that's in wednesday's kids post. >> happy birthday to them. what a cool date. thanyou for joining us for kids post this week. visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com and click on kids post. thank you. chuck is here now. we're talking about what's going on outside. a lot is happening around down. >> tons of vegetables and gatherings of all kind. beautiful weather for it as well. the weather has really cooperated. how lucky are we that the rain we saw on thursday wasn't coming on today. 4 1/2 inches of rain on thursday. as i mentioned tt was our rainiest day in more than four years. but now we have the weekend here and now the sunshine is back. just in time for what you want

to do outside today and for tomorrow as well. sun is about 20 minutes from coming up over the eastern horizon. beautiful clear sky out there this morning. going to be a great outdoor weather day today. you can make your plans without fear or hesitation for l interruptions today. 54 grees. that's the curnt temperature down at ronald reagan washington national airport, the do you wants in the mid-40s. once you get away fom the chesapeake bay, temperatures haveropped to down near the dew points and nearly all of our suburbs, 45 in warrenton and manassas. 48 degrees in winchester and front royalhis morning. 47 degrees in charles town and inwood, west virginia opinion mid-50s in the rain soaked areas of southern calvert county, st. mary's county, ten to 14 inches of rain, widespread in that part of the world. little chance to dry out for today and tomorrow before mre rain coming our way by late sunday night and then to get the work and school week started.

40s out across the ohio valley where the cool dry air is coming from. this rip. low pressure coming from michigan fading away as it comes down to the south eechbt. it will wait on a larger area of low pressure and form a potent coastal storm it looks like as we get into sunday night and monday. could be the beginnings of a fall nor'easter around the area. there's that ripple of low pressure. by 6:00 tomorrow eveninghose areas of blue and green indicate possibility of rain as early as sundown tomorrow. stdier rains move in late sunday night. monday and tuesday look like they are fairly soggy. plenty ever sunshine. near perfect weather. near 70. tomorrow clouds on the increase, full overcast by mid to late day tomorrow. showers possible by late in the afternoon, most of the rain should be waiting until sunday night and then into monday and tuesday. in fact monday might be a rather ugly day with a northeast wind near 15 to 25 miles per hournd

a steady in. could get other inch or more of rain during the monday-tuesday event. then drier weather final returns by the mid. next week. ohio state is out in champai, illinois today. and nittany lions are in iowa city. this is a tough game for nitny fans. thatame kicks off at 8:00ing tonight. 54 degrees. it will be in the 40s there by the time that game end. if you need to get your game forecast send it on to me. we'll get in as many as we can. we end with the beloved ou game. thanks a lot. your time is :51 andit's 55 degrees outside. the redskins take on the eagles this weekend. we get a preview of who will be on thefield.

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welcome back. the redskins take on the eagles on the road tomorrow. dan hellie has that and more in sports. >> good morning. the redskins and the eagles in philadelphia, 4:15 on sunday. one of the bigger questions going into this weekend is the alth of trent williams. even missed last weekwith knee and toe injuries. williams did practice this week and is listed as questionable. he says the only thing tt's really bothering him right now is his toe which is 90% to 95%. i would be surprised if williams didn't play. i would also be surprised if the defense didn't play better. how could it not? right now the defense ranked dead last in the nfl in terms of yards allowed >> that's not everything because

first of all you have to take a look. if it wasn't for the defense we wouldn't have won the first game. we're playing some good offenses. i'm not saying - the game was a bad ga. it's hard to come out of the hole when you get in that. i think we're doing a good job in the running game and a lot of areas i would like to improve on. weeed to get opportunities to get turnovers pap lot of issues we're dealing with and correct them as we go. >> that was redskins defensive coordinator. yesterday rain washed away most of day one of the ryder cup the u.s. leeds in two of four matches so far. you can watch coverage of the ryder cup basically all day right here on nbc 4. you can only watch the nationals for two more games then the season iover. the guys up in new york for eir season-ending series with the mets. the nats need two more win this weekend to get to 70for the

first time since 2007. this is the pitcher that baffled theets all night long. so low shot to right center. tied at 1. he did strike out ten nationals. the game goes to extra. tied at 1-1. changes that all with one swing of the bat. game over. a walk of homer. the nationals and pitcher clipper are loser. 2-1 is the final in ten innings. challenges sti perfect in pre-season. they outscored their opponents 20-9. we can expect this regular season to be like last year when they were the top scoring team. challenges hosting the columbus blue jackets. we get things started in the first period. no score. great pass here. threads the needle. caps on top 1-0.

one of two goals on the night. second period. fighting for the puck. comes right out in fro of the net and right to brooks like the one timer is good. caps take a 2-0 lead. third period, let's remember, folks this is just pre-season. watch alex ovechkin going after nick holden. gets right into him. from a different angle you can see ov hasn't lost any of his intensity. be careful. a long ason ahead of us. pre-ason winner are the caps 5-3 over columbus. all right. high school football now fairfax county is the spot. it is 3-1 robinson over lake braddock. that was good old-fashioned backyard brawl. lake braddock led by the top quarterback in the area. hutting a hex on them.

4-3. nebrich decides to keep it to himself. tight ropes the sidelines and then dodge into the end zone from 40 yards out. 7-0 bruins. nebrich gets up and quiets the crowd. nebrich back to pass. he's picked off by robinson's petrosy. he gets it on the quiet action. this would thread this. from 32 yards outwatch this. bounces off the cross bar and over. give it to us. that's good and that's the game winner. binson beats lake braddock 10-7 is the final. what a scene that was. good weekend for those guys. that's your morning sports. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. a new portrait has been added to the smithsonian national gallery and won't make you say good grief.

it's a photograph of charles schultze the artist who created charlie broken and the whole peanuts gang. he died ten years ago. his comic strip don't appear in newspapers around the world. in fact today marks the 60th annirsary of peanuts and to celebrate the portrait gallery is holding a free family festival from 11:30 until 3:00. oopy will thereabout. there will also be a screening of the halloween classic "it's the great pumpkin charlie brown." you can tornado watch ryder cup right here on nbc 4. the u.s. and european teams are back on the course in new port soh wales. p coverage begins at 8:00 this morning. as a result of that coverage no "the today show" and a whole new hour of "news4 tod" begins in just a few seconds. >> sure does.

if you're driving in maryland and you want to talk on phone you need a hands-free devi or you can face a fine. a new law is now in effect that could save lives. and be prepared for metro delays today. getting around the area could be slow going. good morning and welcome back to "news4 today" as we come up on 7:00. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly has the